Buses on the Cambridgeshire Guided Busway - 22 Apr 2024 (P1170977)

Monday 22 April 2024 (1017) – Buses of Stagecoach East and Whippet Coaches operate on the Cambridgeshire Guided Busway.

This photograph was taken from Whippet Coaches WG112 (UN14 BUS) as it reached the end of the Southern section of the Busway on the approach to Cambridge Railway Station. A 20 miles per hour speed restriction is imposed on the Busway itself but on the normal roadway between the end of the Busway tracks and the Railway Station this is reduced to 15mph where there is more pedestrian and cyclist activity.

The Southern section of the Busway has two low bridges which restricts its use by single deckers only. The bridge ahead carries Hills Road over the Busway access road and the adjacent tracks of the Cambridge-London railway line.

The Whippet bus is a Mellor Sigma 12 electric single decker new in Sept 2023 (initially registered MX23 LCU) working the 1008 service U1 from Addenbrooke’s Hospital to the city centre, Eddington and Girton Corner (1054).

Approaching is Stagecoach East 21305 (BF65 WKU), a Wright Eclipse Urban bodied Volvo B8RLE new in December 2015, working the 0900 service A from St. Ives to the Trumpington Park & Ride site (due 1025 but arrived 10 minutes behind schedule).